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FCC wants to know if Verizon is warehousing spectrum
May. 16 | By Kevin Fitchard – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is curious why Verizon Wireless bought a bunch of 4G spectrum back in 2008 but now plans to sell it. Carriers like T-Mobile and Sprint, along with a slew of consumer advocacy and... 
New nanostructure for batteries keeps going and going
May. 16 | R&D Mag – For more than a decade, scientists have tried to improve lithium-based batteries by replacing the graphite in one terminal with silicon, which can store 10 times more charge. But after just a few charge/discharge cycles, the silicon... 
The real lesson from JPMorgan’s $2 billion loss
May. 16 | By Robert J. Samuelson – It’s a teachable moment, but what’s the right lesson? Already, the $ 2 billion-plus trading debacle at JPMorgan Chase has inspired a powerful story line. Nothing has changed since the financial crisis, it’s said.... 
Romney: Debt is like ‘prairie fire’
May. 16 | By Rachel Streitfeld – In an appeal to middle America on Tuesday, Mitt Romney compared the national debt to a rapidly growing fire hurtling across a prairie. “A prairie fire of debt is sweeping across Iowa and across the nation and every day... 
Views from the Solar System (41)
May. 16 | ←SPACE WATCH Sol 2951NASA – After spending 19 weeks working in one place while solar power was too low for driving during the Martian winter, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is on the move again. The winter worksite was on the... 
Months After Failed AT&T Merger, T-Mobile Champions Competitive Balance
May. 15 | Hatfield T-Mobile Office (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By Brad Reed – Given its very recent attempts to merge with AT&T, you would think T-Mobile wouldn’t be a vocal proponent of maintaining competitive balance in the wireless industry. The... 
Physicists reveal nature’s mathematical formula for survival
May. 15 | By Miles O’Brien and Jon Baime – The vascular system of a leaf provides its structure and delivers its nutrients. Specific vascular pattern of loops within loops that is found in many leaves going down to the microscopic level. It’s a pattern... 
Look To Sweden! Obama’s High-Tax Gurus
May. 15 | By Paul Roderick Gregory – In 1970, Swedish high earners paid marginal tax rates of 70 percent, rising to 85 percent by 1980. Marginal tax rates on dividends and capital gains were only slightly lower, if at all. Sweden’s entitlement state... 
Taxmageddon sparks rising anxiety
May. 15 | By Lori Montgomery and Rosalind S. Helderman – Across the U.S. economy, anxiety is rising about the potential for widespread disruptions after the November election, when a lame-duck Congress will have barely two months to resolve a grinding... 